Total Wisconsin numbers during last week

Total numbers for last 5 days

DATE	POSITIVE	NEGATIVE	DEATHS	Hospitalization Yes	Hospitalization Unknown	Icu Yes
July 04 2020	31055	579637	796	3574	9431	771
July 05 2020	31577	584111	796	3586	9699	771
July 06 2020	32061	588913	796	3602	9981	772
July 07 2020	32556	601012	805	3639	10019	777
July 08 2020	33154	611150	807	3683	10167	784

Current Wisconsin numbers during last week

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Data Sources

• Wisconsin Department of Health Services with variable definitions
• Eau Claire County statistics

Reliable Updated Visuals

Here are some of the best visual sources for data that I have found online:

• Johns Hopkins dashboard (world and national levels)
• National

Scientific Support for Masks.

Should I wear a mask in enclosed public spaces? Unequivocally, YES. References for reasoning:

• Current accumulation of over 70 references
• Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext
• Background for modelling: A modelling framework to assess the likely effectiveness of facemasks in combination with ‘lock-down’ in managing the COVID-19 pandemic https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2020.0376

A couple more in the works:

• Face mask wearing rate predicts country's COVID-19 death rates https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.22.20137745v1
• Association of country-wide coronavirus mortality with demographics, testing, lockdowns, and public wearing of masks (Update June 15, 2020) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342198360_Association_of_country-wide_coronavirus_mortality_with_demographics_testing_lockdowns_and_public_wearing_of_masks_Update_June_15_2020
• open letter: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSel_CEtyTqFjyv_XFFyhPwbH-J6gnfX0YWsiEqlBLE4bsOHGg/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2QaUjDigeGZpGDS0mszJVXqiF4OqBCLlW_9hc7pApBv4WjDlIX1ToXlV4
• https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31183-1/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR0TSoh6w_Pl54K5ZmmNU6p_cIBo2EoP9BmSxY5Pu2K0aV95IPwk5T53Q6s

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/21/880832213/yes-wearing-masks-helps-heres-why

https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Study-100-face-mask-use-could-crush-second-15333170.php?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042720300117?via%3Dihub

http://ftp.iza.org/dp13319.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1jlcs2PjDIvg3AjqxMucwVPfexpxRDOt5T3k24MzNYmTCIE0Resziaeto

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/no-new-covid-19-cases-reported-after-infected-hair-stylists-n1230346

References for selected plots

I devised plots that are similar to those found, for example, at the following locations:

• Github repository by coolbaby0208
• Covid Act Now https://covidactnow.org/?s=58173
• A regional breakdown of the United States COVID-19 curve https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/heglc5/oc_a_regional_breakdown_of_the_united_states/
• Minnesota updates from Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/h9j6pj/covid19_update_up_222_230_by_mdh_active_2780/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/hfovhg/625_update_34123_positives_360_1406_deaths_9/
• Wisconsin updates (from Redditor unknown-and-alone)
• Wisconsin updates
• https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/hjwthw/oc_countylevel_covid19_case_growth_animation_in/